Fruit Science

Faculty

University

Department Of Fruit Science

About The Department

The Department of Fruit Science was started with the inception of the University i.e., March, 2010. Department is fully operational in the fields of teaching, research and extension activities. The Post-Graduation (PG) programme has been started from the academic session 2018-19 and Ph.D. programme started from academic session 2020-21. At present faculties of Department of Fruit Science are engaged in teaching of under graduate (UG) programme running in College of Horticulture. The university is located at Bundelkhand region; the region has bestowed with natural resources, however, the poor management, package and practices of fruit crops, drought condition, less irrigation facility are major challenges. Thus, department is dedicatedly working for enhancement of the production of fruit crops through research and extension activities. The Department has well qualified faculty members. All faculty members possess Ph. D. and NET.

Mandate of the Department:

Creating skilled human resource in field of horticulture in general and fruit science in particular.
To conduct location specific research in order to solve technical and specific problems of fruit culture, being faced by farming community.
Formulating package of practices for optimization of farmers’ income and dissemination of appropriate technology to the farmers and orchardists.

VISION:

To emerge as a global centre of excellence in teaching, research and extension in agriculture and allied sciences in the country to ensure sustained healthy food, nutrition and livelihood security.

MISSION:

The university is committed to the cause of Indian agriculture through its quality teaching, demand-driven and location-specific research and extension programmes in the light of dynamism of socio-economic and agro ecological conditions, management perceptions, international trade scenarios and government policies.

OBJECTIVES:

To impart quality education at graduation, post-graduation and doctorate level in the field of Fruit Science.
Survey, collection, conservation, evaluation and utilization of drought hardy indigenous fruit species.
Standardization of INM, HDP, canopy management, moisture conservation, propagation and organic fruit cultivation of draught hardy fruit crops.

Course offered:

The Department offers courses of Fruit science at three levels i.e. B.Sc. (Hons.) Horticulture, M.Sc. (Hort.) and Ph.D.(Hort.) in Fruit Science to the students with the present intake capacity.

S. No.	Type of Course	Level	Duration	Intake	Accredited
1.	Bachelor Degree	College	4 Years	122	ICAR
2.	Master Degree	Department	2 Years	08	ICAR
3.	Doctoral Degree	Department	3 Years	04	As per University

Undergraduate – As per Fifth Deans Committee.
Postgraduate & Ph.D. – As per 19th BSMA, ICAR, New Delhi.

Thrust Areas of Research:

Identification, collection, conservation, evaluation, and utilization of indigenous fruit species and developing package and practices for drought hardy fruit crops.
Introduction and evaluation of new fruit species like dragon fruit, date palm, strawberry etc.
INM, HDP, moisture conservation, organic cultivation, canopy management and fruit based inter cropping models to enhance the income of farming community.
Protocol for mass multiplication of elite planting materials and availability to the farmers.

Pedagogic Practices

The Department is using regularly smart class/seminar room facilities established in horticulture department for teaching the students.
The online plate form like zoom and Google Meet used by the department faculty during the pandemic period for the teaching.
The URKUND for detection and prevention of plagiarism is being actively used by the faculty as well as students for the scientific research writing and preparation of e manuals.

STUDENTS PLACED:

S. No.	Name of students	Post	Organization
1.	Pradeep Kumar	Horticulture specialist	Srijan Barghad, Chitrakoot, U.P.
2.	Satnam	Community Facilitator	ICICI Foundation, Varanasi, U.P.
3.	Shubham Pandey	Trainee Agronomist	Krishika Kisan Mart, Basti, Chhawani, U.P.
4.	Rahul Patel	Block Coordinator	Reliance General in Crop Insurance Haryana
5.	Satyendra Verma	Assistant Professor	Om Sai Ram Groop of College, Kurshi, Barabanki, U.P.
6.	Vikki	Horticulturist Trainee	VNR, Nursery Raipur, CG
7.	Vikash Kumar	Assistant Professor	Mahaveer University Meerut, U.P.
8.	Harish Chandra Yadav	Teaching Associate	B.M. Memorial Mahavidyalay, Ambedkakar Nagar, U.P.
9.	Siddharth Kumar	Young Professional- II	ICAR-CISH, Lucknow, U.P.
10.	Ruby Pandey	Lab Coordinator	IRRI, Regional Station Varanasi, U.P.

LIST OF PASS OUT / PURSUING STUDENTS

S. No.	Degree programme	Batch	No. of Students	Pass out/Pursuing
1.	M.Sc. (Hort.) Fruit Science	2018	02	Pass out
2.	M.Sc. (Hort.) Fruit Science	2019	05	Pass out
3.	M.Sc. (Hort.) Fruit Science	2020	04	Pass out
4.	Ph.D. (Hort.) Fruit Science	2020	01	Pass out
5.	M.Sc. (Hort.) Fruit Science	2021	05	Pass out
6.	Ph.D. (Hort.) Fruit Science	2021	02	Pass out
7.	M.Sc. (Hort.) Fruit Science	2022	08	Pass out
8.	Ph.D. (Hort.) Fruit Science	2022	04	Pursuing
9.	M.Sc. (Hort.) Fruit Science	2023	05	Pursuing
10.	Ph.D. (Hort.) Fruit Science	2023	04	Pursuing
11.	M.Sc. (Hort.) Fruit Science	2024	08	Pursuing
12.	Ph.D. (Hort.) Fruit Science	2024	04	Pursuing

LIST OF STUDENTS ADMITTED FOR Ph.D. PROGRAMME IN OTHER SAUs

S. No	Name of Students	Id. No.	Batch	Year of Admission	Institute/University
1.	Pradeep Kumar	1028	2018	2020	CSA University, Kanpur
2.	Rahul Kumar Yadav	1380	2019	2021	CSA University, Kanpur
3.	Ajay Kumar	1381	2019	2021	ICAR-IARI, New Delhi
4.	Brijesh Patel	1382	2019	2022	ANDUA&T, Ayodhya
5.	Sarfaraj	1706	2020	2022	CSA University, Kanpur
6.	Dharmendra Kumar	1707	2020	2022	SVP University, Meerut
7.	Abhishek Pratap	2049	2021	2023	BUAT, Banda
8.	Abdullah Zaid	2053	2021	2023	BUAT, Banda
9.	Saurabh Singh	2370	2022	2024	ANDUA&T, Ayodhya
10.	Vijay Kumar Maurya	2374	2022	2024	CSA University, Kanpur

ON-GOING/COMPLETED RESEARCH PROJECT

Externally funded ongoing projects (UPCAR, UPCST, RKVY, MIDH)	5
Externally funded completed projects (UPCAR, Bioversity International)	2
Consultancy Project (Completed)	1
University funded ongoing projects	1

Number of Training/Workshop Organized by Faculty: 03

Number of Training/Workshop/Conference attended by faculty: 65

INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITIES:

Facility	No.	Capacity	Facilities available
Smart class	01	30	Projector, smart podium, computer system with internet connection
PG/Ph.D. Classroom	02	20	Green board with well furnished
Study room	01	20	Study purpose of the students
Laboratory	02	25	A. UG Lab: Weigh balance, microscope, hot plate, oven, refrigerator, all field-oriented implements etc. B. PG Lab: pH meter, EC meter, Weigh Balance, Incubator, Mechanical Shaker, Hot Air Oven, double Distillation assembly, seed germinator, hand refractometer, verneer calliper, water distillation unit, mechanical shaker and instruments.

DISTINGUISHED VISITORS:

S. No.	Visitors Name	Designation	Year of Visit
1.	Dr. Mangala Rai	Former DG, ICAR, New Delhi	2020
2.	Mr. Govinda Rajulu Chintala	NABARD, Chairman	2021
3.	Dr. Shailendra Rajan	Former Director, ICAR- CISH, Lucknow	2022
4.	Dr. Ajit Kumar Shasany	Director, ICAR-NBRI, Lucknow, U.P.	2022
5.	Mr. Surya Pratap Shahi	Agriculture Minister, Govt. of U.P.	2022, 2023, & 2024
6.	Smt. Anandiben Patel	Hon’ble Chancellor and Governor of U.P.	2023 & 2024
7.	Dr. P.L. Saroj	Former Director, ICAR-CIAH, Bikaner, Raj.	2022
8.	Dr. Anand Singh	Vice-Chancellor, CSAUT, Kanpur	2023
9.	Dr. Sanjay Singh	DG, UPCAR, Lucknow	2022 & 2023
10.	Dr. Jagadish Rane	Director, ICAR-CIAH, Bikaner, Raj.	2024

Orchard Establishment

Fruit Science Research and Development programme has been undertaken at 8 locations in BUAT Campus. Total area covered under fruit orchard and nursery is approximately 28.00 ha.

Dragon fruit and Citrus block: 0.5 ha	Chirongi field gene bank: 1.0 h
Instructional farm: 1.2 ha	Mahua gene bank: 1.5 ha
CEDA orchard: 11 ha	Hi-tech nursery: 1.0 ha
New fruit orchard unit II: 12.59 ha	Citrus germplasm Block: 0.7 ha